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| office = [[Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong and Macau|United States Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau]]
| president = [[Donald Trump]]<br>[[Joe Biden]]
| term_start = July
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| predecessor = [[Kurt Tong]]
| successor =
| birthname = Michael Hanscom Smith
| birth_date = [[Maine]]<ref>https://hk.usconsulate.gov/our-relationship/cg/</ref>
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| spouse = Lu Ying-tsung
| alma_mater = [[Georgetown University]]<br>[[London School of Economics]]<br>[[Princeton University]]
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==Personal life==
While Consul in Shanghai, he and his same-sex partner Lu Ying-tsung also known as Eric Lu, who is from Taiwan, married in San Francisco.<ref name="Tony" /> As gay marriage is illegal in China, his marriage, as well as the marriage of British Consul General [[Brian Davidson]] to his husband, has caused a “stir.”<ref name="Wong">{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Edward |title=U.S. Diplomat’s Same-Sex Marriage Causes Stir in China |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/world/asia/us-diplomats-same-sex-marriage-causes-stir-in-china.html |accessdate=5 March 2020 |publisher=The New York Times |date=May 3, 2016}}</ref> In addition to English, Smith speaks Mandarin Chinese, French, Danish, and Khmer.<ref>https://hk.usconsulate.gov/our-relationship/cg/</ref>
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